Was It Me or Our Astrology?

Modern Love

The New York Times

Love, New York Times, Nytimes, Essay, Loss, Storytelling, Society & Culture, Redemption, Nyt

4.3 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

“Love life not working out? Health problems? Everything going wrong?” Amisha Patel used to be skeptical of astrological services that offered claims about the future. Her parents, who immigrated to the U.S. from India, would make annual trips back to Gujarat. When they returned to their New Jersey home, they would share predictions from Hindu astrologers about the fates of their children. “I found my parents’ belief in fate unnerving and un-American,” Amisha wrote in her Modern Love essay. But in her late 20s, she began to embrace the notion of destiny. Could it be that all paths lead to the same ending? We asked Amisha where she stands now.

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0:00.0	Love now into your falling love.
0:05.0	That's the life I love.
0:06.0	You should never love anyone but yourself.
0:08.0	You're the love.
0:09.0	And I love you more than anybody.
0:12.0	I'm just in love.
0:14.0	From the New York Times, I'm Dan Jones.
0:17.0	And I'm Mia Lee.
0:18.0	This is the Modern Love podcast.
0:21.0	Today's essay is about faith and it's about horoscopes.
0:25.0	I check my horoscope actually every morning in bed.
0:28.0	After checking the weather.
0:30.0	Wow, I had no idea.
0:32.0	And while I don't put too much weight in it,
0:35.0	I keep coming back every single day.
0:38.0	The essay is called The Heart Said Yes
0:40.0	and the horoscope said no.
0:42.0	Written by Amisha Patel and read by Senila Nonconi.
0:59.0	Ever since I was a child, I have known my destiny.
1:03.0	Not in the subtle ways that some believers in fate know,
1:07.0	but in the very unsuttle ways that many Hindus know.
1:11.0	I have what we call a John Muckshaw,
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